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National Airlines, Airblox sign digitalisation deal

irblox, a leading online reliable and efficient air cargo By collaborating with National Airblox will gain a strong
AB2B air cargo capacity transport worldwide. Airlines, Airblox is now able to partner to support its mission
marketplace platform, “Airblox’s innovative plat- offer its customers even more of providing capacity visibility,
announced its collaboration form enables cargo airlines, capacity options, including freight financing and insur-
with National Airlines, a freight forwarders and global access to new and hard-to- ance options enabling better
global airline that serves 220 sales agents to instantly reach regions,” says a release capacity and risk manage-
countries transporting air search and secure available from Airblox. ment capabilities
cargo. The collaboration aims cargo capacity across multiple While National Airlines will to its platform users, the
to expand the capacity lanes airlines via standardised and be able to offer its custom- release added.
for both companies, ensuring digitised capacity contracts. ers a wider range of options,

Antonov transports Maxar-built Cathay Pacific cargo carried

satellite for launch by SpaceX up 18% in April

pieces including Intelsat athay Pacific carried in capacity and a 118.1 percent
40e (IS-40e) satellite and C109,372 tonnes of cargo in increase in RFTKs compared
its hosted payload in a April 2023, an increase of 18.4 with the same period for 2022.”
container measuring 1,280 percent compared with April Chief Customer and Com-
cm in length, 488 cm in 2022 when cargo capacity mercial Officer Lavinia Lau says,
width and 419 cm in height, was significantly reduced due “Demand for our cargo business
along with associated parts to stricter aircrew quarantine was impacted by the holiday
and support equipment. To measures. period in April. As a result, overall
оnload and offload cargo, “The month’s cargo revenue tonnage in April was down 10
a special Antonov-made tonne kilometres (RFTKs) percent month on month with
ramp system was used in increased 93.3 percent year-on- a total of 109,372 tonnes carried
conjunction with onboard year,” says an official release. while capacity decreased five
winches and cranes as well “The cargo load factor percent compared with March
as external cranes," says an decreased by 16.6 percentage as we optimised schedules. One
official release. points to 63.6 percent, while area that continues to show
ntonov Airlines Virginia Lloyd, Director, capacity, measured in available positive momentum was e-
Atransported an Intelsat Global Logistics and Ware- cargo tonne kilometres (AFTKs), commerce demand from Hong
commercial satellite on house Management, Maxar increased by 143.7 percent Kong and the Chinese Mainland
board of one of its AN-124- says: “Due to the nature of year-on-year. In the first four across our network, which
100M aircraft from Moffett the cargo, AN-124-100 is months of 2023, the tonnage remained strong. “
Federal Airfield, Mountain the only aircraft available increased by 30.8 percent
View, California, U.S.A to that can haul the size and against a 168.4 percent increase
NASA’s Shuttle Landing weight (approx. 36,000 kg)
Facility in Titusville, Florida, of the spacecraft shipping
U.S.A for a launch by the U.S. container. In addition, the
aerospace company SpaceX. AN-124-100 does not require
"The cargo with total special ground support
weight of more than 55,000 equipment to load and
kilograms consisted of eight unload the cargo.”
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